title: Atypical small bowel obstruction following repair of inguinal hernia: a case of intestinal stenosis of Garre.
abstract: We report an atypical case of small bowel obstruction 10 days after the repair of an inguinal hernia that had been recurrently reduced. A preoperative diagnosis of the rare intestinal stenosis of Garre is difficult, and was based on the clinical, operative and pathological findings. Forced reduction of a hernia is not recommended because of the risk of rendering its contents ischaemic with subsequent fibrotic stenosis, or reducing a strangulated bowel into the abdominal cavity with subsequent perforation and peritonitis.
authors.affiliation: elroypat@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Elroy P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Weledji
authors.forename: Nana
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Theophile
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008297:Male
keywords: Reduction of hernia; acute ischaemia; fibrosis; intestinal stenosis of Garre